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Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
43 (English): Merendiando with Danity Smith
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
"a person who's terrified - TERRIFIED - of life, but they show up anyways: I think that that's what tenderness is." - Dainty Smith.
Meet Dainty Smith - Toronto based actor, burlesque performer, playwright, producer, and speaker. She is the founder of Les Femme Fatales: Women of Colour Burlesque, and the co-creator of the Body Love program.
In this interview we talked about what burlesque means to her, how there are many ways of being sexy, her passion for telling the stories of complicated women, and the power of tenderness.
Show Notes
- Josephine Baker, world renowned performer, French Resistance agent, and civil rights activist.
- Les Femmes Fatales: Women of Colour Burlesque Troupe, the first burlesque troupe for women of colour in Canada, which Dainty founded.
- Body Love, a series of affirming dance classes led by Dainty Smith and Ravyn Wingz.
- Toronto Burlesque Festival and the Burlesque Hall of Fame Museum, examples of celebrating excellence in burlesque.
- The PUSH.PULL project, a series of workshops, panels and showcases that present the intersections of burlesque, cabaret, and performance art. Official project info will be released soon!
- Daughters of Lilith, a play by Dainty Smith inspired by the stories of Lilith and the experiences of Black women. It’s prequel, Blood and Memory, is in development as part of Obsidian Theatre’s 21 Black Futures project.
- Some of Dainty’s favourite books and writers who celebrate complicated women: The House of Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, Eva Luna by Isabel Allende, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, and Toni Morrison .
- Dainty’s merienda: a morning cup of coffee, tea, snuggles with her cat, a big bowl of trail mix, some good TV, and sea salt dark chocolate.
"Yo creo que la ternura, es una persona que está aterrorizada -ATERRORIZADA- de la vida, pero de todos modos está presente."
- Dainty Smith.
Nuestro invitada de esta semana es Dainty Smith, actriz, artista burlesque, dramaturga, productora y oradora basada en Toronto. Ella es la fundadora de “Les Femme Fatales: Women of Color Burlesque” y la co-creadora del programa “Body Love.”
En esta entrevista hablamos sobre lo que significa el burlesque para ella, en las diversas formas de ser sexy, su pasión por contar las historias de mujeres complicadas y el poder de la ternura.
Bibliografía
- Josephine Baker, artista de renombre mundial, agente de la Resistencia francesa y activista de derechos civiles.
- Les Femmes Fatales: Women of Colour Burlesque Troupe, la primera compañía burlesca para mujeres de color en Canadá, que Dainty fundó.
- Body Love, una serie de clases de baile afirmativo dirigidas por Dainty Smith y Ravyn Wingz.
- Toronto Burlesque Festival y el Burlesque Hall of Fame Museum, ejemplos de celebración de la excelencia en el arte del burlesque.
- The PUSH.PULL project, una serie de talleres, paneles y shows que presentan las intersecciones del arte burlesque, cabaret y performance. ¡La información oficial del proyecto se publicará pronto!
- Daughters of Lilith, una obra de Dainty Smith inspirada en las historias de Lilith y las experiencias de las mujeres negras. Su precuela, “Blood and Memory”, está en desarrollo como parte de Obsidian Theatre’s 21 Black Futures project.
- Algunos de los libros y escritores favoritos de Dainty que celebran a las mujeres complicadas: La Casa en Mango Street de Sandra Cisneros, Eva Luna de Isabel Allende, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, y Toni Morrison.
- La Merienda de Dainty, es una taza de café por la mañana, té, acurrucarse con su gato, un tazón grande de “trail mix”, un buen show de television y chocolate negro con sal marina.
All Merendiando episodes are in Spanglish, English, or Spanish. New episodes of Radio Aluna Theatre are released on Wednesdays. Follow and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
Radio Aluna Teatro is produced by Aluna Theatre with support from the Toronto Arts Council, The Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Metcalf Foundation, and TD Bank.
Aluna Theatre is Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, with Sue Balint; Radio Aluna Theatre is produced by Monica Garrido and Camila Diaz-Varela.
For more about Aluna Theatre, visit us at alunatheatre.ca, follow @alunatheatre on twitter or instagram, or ‘like’ us on facebook.
Todos los episodios de Merendiando son en Inglés, Español y Spanglish. Nuevos episodios de Radio Aluna Teatro cada Miércoles. Síguenos y suscríbete a este podcast en iTunes, Google Play, y donde sea que escuches tus podcasts.
Radio Aluna Teatro es una producción de Aluna Theatre con el apoyo de Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, Department of Canadian Heritage, Metcalf Foundation, y TD Bank.
Aluna Theatre es Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, con Sue Balint. Radio Aluna Theatre es producido por Camila Díaz-Varela y Mónica Garrido.
Para más información sobre Aluna Theatre, visita nuestra página alunatheatre.ca, síguenos en twitter @alunatheatre o en instagram, o haz click en “me gusta” en facebook.
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